US Patent Issued to Ravin Crossbows on March 3 for "Reduced length crossbow" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,042, issued on March 3, was assigned to Ravin Crossbows LLC (Superior, Wis.).

"Reduced length crossbow" was invented by Craig Yehle (Winona, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crossbow including a center rail including a bottom portion, a proximal end, and a distal end positioned opposite the proximal end, the center rail at least partially defining a crossbow length and a midpoint plane intersecting a horizontal midpoint of the crossbow, a riser extending horizontally from the distal end, one or more limbs coupled to the riser, and a trigger extending from the bottom portion of the center rail and positioned within ten percent o...